The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-09-17
TIE ANARCHIST DECISION.

The long and gnXiously awaited dcCislCr
of the Supreme Court of Illinois In the
case OF the Chicago anarchists was pro
mulgated from the bench in this city on
Wednesday morning. For over Il week a
dozen more or less of reporters OF the Chi
cago papers and Associated Press had
danced attendance on the court, awaiting
this important announcement, yet no morn,
ing had premonltion more confidently fore
Swallowed the great event than on that Of
Wednesday. The press gang were out
in fuller force than on any preceding
morning, and fer the frs, time failure on
the plri Of the court 10 meet expectation
would have been fclt a. gIievous disll
paintmcnt.
Some idea oC the imporisrce attained 10
70 the decision may be gathered from the
fact that not only were several of sad.
died horses standing Mt the door ready TO
ly with the speed Of racers TO the nearest
TELEGRAPH office MS soon as the nature of the
decision was made known, but at least
three locomotives on the Rock Island road
stood ready at the dep1t TO convey COPIES of
the opinion the instant they could be pro.
cured to the leading Chicago papers-not.
able tbe Times. Tribvne and Ne,rs, Clerk
TAYLOR had EIGHT special TYNE writer's en-
raged 10 make comics and ne the opinion
covered oo5 n,yes or c,osa,v wrjtten mann.
script equal To 30 O0O words il is amazing
that the work--bv the tyne writers dupIi.
catinc 10 TINT eytent-of COMPLETING "a
copies was ACCOMPLISHED bv s 30 y. m.
hefore O'clock were in Chicago md nv -
were in print,
The opinion. which was written bv
.Tudpe Morruder is regorded Nv all who
have read II 40 a mosterlv nieca NJ iud;cia,
literature tho. will M doubt hacoma c,oc
clio I, all m, courts of tba cour,rr ,,d
hsvopd II coes over tha who,o casa tina
law and the evidence. and in clearness
norsn;c,c;tv and rorce Is - morve, ot in
Jus,r, and clui I, o;,oe ,ho bos, b;s,ory
or rho case tho+ ayar hoo hoo, or rrobo,,Iy
ever will mo writtan II sKe.chas II from
the earliest incen.ion of tina consnirocv
and its nr,crese down to tbo final co,octro
,,he ut tbe Uavmorket Than all the vol
luminous evidence NJ the tr;al Is reviewed
ooip, hv mint the connection of ZACH of
the cnndemned with the consnirocv il
closely traced until the full resnonsibilitv
and ouit of each FIR the throwing Of the
dynamite bomb and the resultant massacre
10 brourb. ont with su,,iybt c,a,rnass
Tho, all tho irc;dsn,c or tho trial ara
ravived from the emnsnnelinr of fine iurv
~ the close all the objections and e>cen.
tiors ,,ken Inv the ottornevs ~ evjdence
and ulincs Of the cour. cousidered and
tina conclusion reschad ,bot NJ, evidcnce
,y,e admitted or evc,udal md M rpling
m,da Nv ,bs cour, eycent In s,ri,t cor
ro,mitv with ,ag,l reoujramen.s
Tho corclrs;o, IF the wbo,e Is thot tba
,o,,r, or,r,,e "a i.s eu,as, avian, tho find
inv of ,ba coprt below and fine sentence Of
death found AGAINST the seven anarchists
Spies, schwab, Lingg, Flelden, Parsons,
FISCHER and Engel-and the sentence is
directed to be carried into execution in
the ward of the common Jail at Chicago, on
Friday the nth of November next.
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